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SUBMITTER: Brumm A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5402422 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20170403 16
Wallacea, the zone of oceanic islands separating the continental regions of Southeast Asia and Australia, has yielded sparse evidence for the symbolic culture of early modern humans. Here we report evidence for symbolic activity 30,000-22,000 y ago at Leang Bulu Bettue, a cave and rock-shelter site on the Wallacean island of Sulawesi. We describe hitherto undocumented practices of personal ornamentation and portable art, alongside evidence for pigment processing and use in deposits that are the ...[more]